Ex-paramedic pleads guilty to child porn offences

A former senior paramedic with Ambulance Victoria has been spared further jail time after pleading guilty to child pornography offences.

Zane Dawson, 38, was an operations manager in Warrnambool, when he used internet chat rooms to talk about the exploitation of children.

County Court Judge Gerard Mullaly choose not to detail the Dawson's comments in court, labelling them as vile and truly disturbing.

The judge said Dawson had relished in the idea of child exploitation and while it was all fantasy and no children were abused, any right-minded person would be sickened and bewildered by Dawson's thoughts.

The court heard the offences have cost him his marriage, family life and career.

Dawson has already served three-and-half months in custody and walked from court having been sentenced to time already served.